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Jeet Thayil’s selection of poems written in English is a dazzling collection vast in ambition and scope
The Vietnamese-American poet on the legacy of war, navigating grief — and turning invisibility into a superpower
Prescient words from a freed serf — born on this day, March 9, in 1814 — considered the national poet of Ukraine
From ‘Thorpeness’, this work of memory captures the rhythms of the rural English landscapes
From ‘Hurricane Watch’, the new collection by the Jamaican Poet Laureate
Nearly a year on from her rousing performance at the Biden inauguration, the US youth poet laureate publishes her first full collection of poems. In this extracted piece, she reflects on the interrelated crises of conflicts and pandemics
Filled with vivid vignettes and personal explorations, this is far from a conventional biography
The pieces connect with recurring poetic landscapes and themes in his work: the sea, voyages, women
Maria Crawford selects her must-read titles
A newly translated collection of poetry by a writer revered in her native India offers a sense of sisterhood
For the Salford-born poet, Elvis will always be ‘king’
From ‘Winter Recipes from the Collective’, the Nobel laureate’s latest collection
A new work by the English playwright, poet and essayist ahead of his forthcoming book ‘We Travelled: Essays and Poems’
Maria Crawford selects her best mid-year reads
From ‘Mother Muse’, the new collection by the former Jamaican Poet Laureate
Poetry is a transformative art and Armitage a silky phrasemaker but conclusions feel premature
In her teens, Heidi Seaborn was sure she would become a poet — but life got in the way. Forty years on, could she make her youthful dream a reality?
From the New Zealand-born poet’s forthcoming collection ‘The Extasie’
Rachael Boast’s ‘To One Who Has Ceased to Be’ was commissioned to mark the 200th anniversary of the Romantic poet’s death
Starring actors including Damien Lewis, a film streaming tonight imagines the poet’s last weeks in February 1821
From the British poet’s debut collection, ‘Comic Timing’
A Sky Arts documentary paints a refreshingly nuanced picture of the rogue and lyricist
From the forthcoming collection ‘Living Weapon’, the prizewinning US poet’s first UK publication
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